Symantec: Norton Internet Security Mac 3.0 [AntiVirus
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| Symantec: Norton Internet Security Mac 3.0 [AntiVirus |
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| Model | 10067310 | | Producer | Symantec | | Date | 2003-11-13 | | Media | CD-ROM | | Catalog | Software | | Rank | 2817 | | Availability | Usually ships in 24 hours | | List Price | US$99.95 | | Our Price* | US$89.99 |
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Reviews:| Rating 2.0/5 from 7 reviews | | Total crap!!! | | Rating: 1/5 (2 out of 2 think this is helpful) 2006-02-18 | | I bought this package after upgraded my PowwerbookG4 to Tiger in Sept. 2005. The Autoprotect and Firewall never worked. The Symantac Co admitted this probelm in their website and never offered a solution for these problems. A piece of junk!!! | | Fraudulent sales at it's worst | | Rating: 1/5 (2 out of 2 think this is helpful) 2006-02-04 | | I purchased this back in August '05 at the same time that I bought my new iMac running OS 10.4 Tiger. It's advertised, and lists system requirements as Mac OS 10.1.5 OR HIGHER. Didn't work since it was installed. Waited and waited for the patch or update to allow it to work with OS 10.4, low and behold, they recently just posted a buried footnote on their site saying that it IS NOT going to be updated to work with OS 10.4. Tried to contact their customer service....still waiting for a response. (...) I was a repeat customer of Symantec products...this is the last money they'll rip me off for! Where is the class action lawsuit? Sign me up. | | Getting rid of Norton | | Rating: 1/5 (11 out of 11 think this is helpful) 2005-10-11 | Those upgrading to OS X 10.4.x from an earlier version, and who have already installed Norton products under the old OS, can remove them by means of a Unix-based utility that finds and erases Norton files, including the invisible ones. They would be well advised to do so, since older Norton products don't work with 10.4, and interfere with the functioning of the built-in firewall. There are several such utilities posted on the web. The one distributed from the Kenyon College site works perfectly, and can be found via Google.
The built-in firewall can be turned on via the "Sharing" menu in the Control Panel.
As far as anti-virus protection goes, that's an entirely theoretical issue as far as Macs are concerned. Anyone who wants to go down that road would do well to explore the various on-line Mac forums before deciding. | | The worst software product I ever purchased | | Rating: 1/5 (7 out of 7 think this is helpful) 2005-09-19 | | Without a doubt this must the worst software product I ever purchased. Not only does Symantec start charging you for updates to their Virus data base, which containt exactly zero viruses for OS X (since there are none), OS X already comes with a firewall free of charge, so you need neither. Being new to OS X, I though extra security couldn't hurt, but I was wrong: This product makes OS X unstable (my powerbook used to crash or not wake up without any apparent reason), it must be turned off frequently to install extra software (otherwise your installer will hand without error message), but WORST OF ALL: It CANNOT be unistalled! I tried many time to unistall this product - even using the provided unistall utility, but the utility crashes half way through the process and after restarting the software is still there. Since you cannot turn it off, I ultimately decided to wipe my hard drive when I installed Tiger and my computer now lives happily without unexplained crashes. I will NEVER buy another Symantec product again. | | Examine Before The Purchase | | Rating: 4/5 (1 out of 2 think this is helpful) 2005-03-11 | | Norton Utilities and AntiVirus form the foundation of any computer health program. However, when adding SuperClean to my G5's overall health regimen, my anger peaked. I payed twice for the privilege of using iClean. As excellently as this software functions, twice paid is once too much. Concerning AntiVirus itself, no software matches it for reliability. |
Editorials:Product DescriptionNorton Internet Security 2003 Professional is the complete set of tools for guarding your business from Internet dangers! Not compatible with Macintosh versions beyond OS 10.3
Features:- Norton Parental Control blocks access to inappropriate Web sites
- Essential protection from viruses, hackers, and privacy threats
- Norton AntiVirus removes viruses automatically
- Norton Personal Firewall hides your Mac from hackers
- Norton Privacy Control protects confidential information
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